Combination hose-nozzle.



No. 658,l55. Patented Sept. l8, I900. W. MATHEN.

COMBINATION HOSE-NOZZLE.

(Application filed Oct. 29, 1897.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM MATHEN, OF BROOKVILLE, CANADA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN E.HOBBS, OF NORTH BERWIOK, MAINE.

COMBINATION'HOSE-NOZZLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 658,155, datedSeptember 18, 1900.

Application filed October 29,1897. Serial No. 656,782. (No model.) I

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM MATHEN, a citizen of the Dominion of Canada,residing at Brockville, in the county of Leeds, in the Province ofOntario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCom bination Hose-Nozzles; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operationof the same.

Reference is made to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is aside elevation of a machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a similarview with cone elevated above the nozzle. Fig. 3 is a top view of thesame.

My invention relates to a very handy and convenient device for a nozzlefor hose by which two different streams of water can be thrown from italternately, as desired, one a full stream and the other a wide sprayfor driving back smoke under certain circumstances and keeping thebranchman cool in a burning building where a fireman could not stand forsmoke and heat while the nozzle is throwing an ordinary full stream. Thechange from full stream to spray can be made instantly, and vice versa,and the force of the stream is not in the least retarded either way.

My device consists in an attachment to an ordinary nozzle of a framecarrying a cone pivoted to the sides of the nozzle for spraying ordividing the stream and provided with a spring to hold it open or closedand ahandlelever plate to throw the frame up for a full stream or downfor spraying.

In the drawings, A represents an ordinary firemans hose-nozzle, B itsmouth, and C a metal frame formed as shown, pivoted to the sides of thenozzle A by screws a a or their equivalent and having attached to thefront end a cone D, with its point directly opposite the center of theopening of the nozzle, as shown. E is a handle-plate attached to therear part of the said frame for convenience in changing the position ofthe frame and cone D as desired for full stream or spray-stream.

F is a projection on the top of the nozzle, to which is attached a flatspring G at one end by a screw Z), the other end made to pass un-- derthe arch of the rear end of the frame 0 and terminating with a bent end,as shown. The said spring serves to keep the frame in a horizontalposition and the cone D at the center of the nozzle for spraying, as inFigs. 1 and 3, and also to hold the frame in an up= wardly-slantingposition when the cone is elevated above the mouth of the nozzle forfull stream, as in Fig. 2. By this it will be seen that the said springserves two purposesviz., holding the cone D opposite the nozzle andholding it off the nozzle when the frame is tilted up.

Having thus described my device and its advantages, what I claim as myinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with a nozzle, of a frame pivotally supported uponsaid nozzle,

a cone secured at the free extremity of said frame, and means, rigidlysecured to the body. of the nozzle, and arranged to detain said framewith said cone either in axial alinement with said nozzle or in idleposition aside therefrom, substantially as set forth. 7

2. The combination with a nozzle, of a 7 5 frame pivotally supportedupon said nozzle,

a cone secured at the free extremity of said frame, and a spring G,arranged in cooperative relation with said frame to detain the latterwith said cone in axial alinement with said nozzle and in idle positionaside therefrom, substantially as set forth.

Dated at Brockville, Ontario,Oanada,October 20, A. D. 1897. p

' WILLIAM MATHEN. In presence of W. S. BUELL, F. E. FAIRBAIRN.

